IBM Linux handheld
"Widening its adoption of the Linux operating system, International Business Machines Corp. Friday said it would collaborate with Sharp Corp. of Japan on a handheld computer that runs the open...
P books a pain in the back?
"Someday, the textbooks Language of Literature and American Nation may join the ranks of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Color Purple: banned from classrooms. Not because they're too...
Dan Bricklin reviews Tablet PC
From Luke Francl:Dan Bricklin, creator of VisiCalc and pen computing pioneer, reviews the Toshiba 3505 Tablet PC he purchased. Bricklin has an interesting perspective because he was co-founded Slate, which...
$500 Lindows tablet offers e-book potential
Minus handwriting recognition--but also minus an outrageous price tag--an approximately $500 tablet machine should be shipping in the next few months from Lindows.com. Can it handle e-books in the MicrosoftReader...
Clueless publishers go for specialized formats
"If you want to read about a dumb idea resulting from lack of coordination by sectors of the publishing industry, then this is your lucky day. Here goes: Imagine if...
Outdated K-12 libraries: E-books to the rescue?
"Despite growing evidence that a dynamic school library increases reading scores, what was once the academic backbone of Florida's schools is becoming little more than a warehouse for old, useless...
PDAs and e-books as lifesavers
If you're ever rushed to the hospital and the ER physician needs information in a hurry, you just might benefit from some essential medical facts being handy on a PDA--perhaps...
Format wars: Microsoft’s ePeriodicals standard
While the world at large begs for an e-book format standard at the consumer level--something that runs on a variety of machines without publishers having to struggle with different flavors--Microsoft...
TeleRead RSS address changing
Are you reading this via our VoidStar address for RSS Version .92? Don't worry if your RSS stops working. Most likely it'll be because we're changing to a new address...
Net.stupidity: One reason why the Dems blew it
"The Democrats in the Senate tend to be more pro-business than the Democrats in the House... With respect to the entertainment industry, I don't think these things have been particularly...